The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1994 Page: 20 of 34
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C4 FORT HOOD SENTINEL
By Cliff Sees
III Corps Public Affairs
Dogs and their owners spend
all the time they can training
and practicing. On a recent
Saturday morning soldiers and
civilains were out on some
ranch land in Moody owned by
Doc Combs.
Maj. Blair Turner Head
iff:
Maj. Blair Turner HHC 2nd Armd Div watches as his Golden Labrador
Retriever a young male named Champ sprints after a “bumper.” Turner
said training dogs is a year ’round activity. In the off season owners get a
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Champ shakes himself off after pulling a
bumper out of a stock pond. Champ is one
of the few Golden Labs in the club. Retriev-
Dog day morning of training in Moody
quarters and Headquarters
Company 2nd Armored Divi-
sion and his Golden Labrador
Retriever a young male named
Champ and 2nd Lt. Paul
Haynie 588th Engineer Bat-
talion 2nd Armd Div were
among those training. Champ
is one of the few Goldens in
the club while Haynie owns a
Black Lab Moseby’s Powder
Keg (Moseby for short).
“It (the club) has a lot of
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enlisted and officer members”
Haynie said.
Turner said the dog training
sessions are good for anyone.
“It’s an activity that soldiers
can come to” he said. “It’s a
ositive family-oriented
thing.”
Anyone interested in train-
ing a dog or just watching the
dogs work can call Jeff or An-
gela Hunter at 628-8458.
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chance to work the dog and get him focused on the tasks. Teamwork is built
with the dog and owner he said.
Moseby brings a bumper to his owner 2nd Lt. Paul Haynie
588th Engr Bn 2nd Armd Div. Moseby dropped the bumper a
couple of times on the return trip which he should not do with
a real duck. Haynie said the dog’s still teething.
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Haynie gives Moseby a “pat on the back” after bringing a
bumper back to him. Positive re-enforcement is essential to
good training according to club member J.C. Parks.
Photos by
Cliff Sees
III Corps Public Affairs
February 171994
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Horky, Anita. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1994, newspaper, February 17, 1994; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310027/m1/20/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.